Join the iconic poet and activist Diane di Prima for a rare New York City appearance. Graduate Center Professor Ammiel Alcalay will engage her in a conversation about her work and life after her reading. Over the span of her remarkable career, di Prima has published 43 books of poetry and prose and, as per Allen Ginsberg, "broke barriers of race-class identity and delivered a major body of verse brilliant in its particularity." She is presently the Poet Laureate of San Francisco.

Ammiel Alcalay

Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, scholar, critic, translator, and prose stylist. His work often examines how poetry and politics affect the way we see ourselves and the way Americans think about the Middle East.

Diane di Prima

Over the span of her remarkable career, Diane di Prima has published 43 books of poetry and prose and, as per Allen Ginsberg, "broke barriers of race-class identity and delivered a major body of verse brilliant in its particularity." She is presently the Poet Laureate of San Francisco.